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• 2023 Mayo Clinic SURF | Illinois pre-selection closes Nov. 7

  Oct 17, 2022 9:00 am

  If you are interested in pursuing a career in the biomedical sciences as a PhD or MD-PhD, Mayo Clinic’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship is an excellent opportunity to work alongside scientists at one of the world’s leading biomedical research centers. Up to seven fellowships are reserved for sophomores and juniors nominated by a University of Illinois selection committee.

  Apply by Nov. 7 to be considered for this special pre-selection process.

  Get details and apply: https://go.illinois.edu/SURF

• Call for Papers: The Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research

  Oct 11, 2022 2:45 pm

  SUBMIT your paper to The Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research

  We are seeking undergraduate research papers and reflection pieces for our special issue: “Health Topics in Community-Based Research and Service Learning”

  This Special Issue can include topics of service learning and community-based research projects that:

  • improve community health outcomes
  • reduce health disparities
  • address physical, emotional, and social health

  Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis through the end of January 2023!

  Submissions will be accepted through the journal website (ujslcbr.org).

  If you have any questions, please contact the special issue editor Dr. Amelia Huelskamp (huelskampa@uncw.edu) or the general journal address (ujslcbr@uncw.edu).

• Undergraduate Research Support Grant Deadline is Friday, October 14

  Oct 10, 2022 8:00 am

  The deadline for applications to the Fall 2022 Research Support Grant competition is Friday, October 14, 2022.

• Present at the Sustainability Research Symposium

  Oct 6, 2022 11:45 am

  The Sustainability Research Symposium is a casual event to highlight the work being done for sustainability on campus. It is open to undergraduates, graduates, and faculty & staff. The event will take place on October 25th from 5-8pm at the Siebel Center for Design. If you are interested in participating as a presenter, please fill out this sign-up form by October 18th to ensure a spot. Reach out to Maiah Caise (maiahdc2@illinois.edu) with any questions.

• Applications to Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program Due Thursday!

  Oct 3, 2022 11:30 am

  Applications for the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program is due October 4, 2022 at 11:59 pm.

• Engineering Research Fair - Fall 2022

  Sep 20, 2022 9:15 am

  The Grainger College of Engineering Undergraduate Research in cooperation with International Programs in Engineering (IPENG) are sponsoring this fall's Engineering Research Fair and 3rd International Research Symposium on September 27, 4:00 - 6:00 PM at Illini Union Rooms A, B, and C.

• International Internship Opportunity in the Humanities

  Sep 13, 2022 11:15 am

  Are you looking for an internship opportunity?

   

  Consider applying for the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL; etcl.uvic.ca) which has been approved to host two twelve-week undergraduate Mitacs Globalink Internships for May–July 2023.

   

  Applications are due to Mitacs on September 22nd, 2022, via their website. 

   

  • Digital Scholarship Internship: Open Scholarship and Digital Humanities
  • Digital Scholarship Internship: Canadian Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Commons and Digital Humanities Training

   

  For successful applicants, Mitacs provides round-trip airfare to Canada; stipends for housing, food, and incidentals; and health insurance, among other supports.

• Undergraduate Research Support Grant and Conference Travel Grant - Applications being Accepted

  Sep 2, 2022 8:00 am

  The Office of Undergraduate is now accepting student applications to the Research Support and Conference Travel Grants for the Fall 2022 semester. For more information including how to apply for funding, please view the full article.

• Calling student authors! Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research

  Aug 30, 2022 9:30 am

  Did you write a paper last year that you are interested in publishing? Consider submitting your work to the Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research!

  The Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research is seeking student submissions, faculty/staff reviewers, and faculty/staff editorial board members. 

  This refereed, multidisciplinary, online undergraduate journal’s goal is to advance knowledge in new scholarly arenas by presenting intellectual and reflective work by undergraduates. This journal seeks undergraduate contributions to the literature on service learning and community-based research. To submit a paper or learn more about the different submission categories, visit our website. Student submissions for the Fall 2022 issue are due by September 16th, 2022 and are accepted on a rolling basis. Submissions received after that date will be considered for our next issue, with a submission date of January 31st. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Jill Waity, journal editor, at ujslcbr@uncw.edu

  If this deadline doesn't work for you, there will be new deadlines later in the fall semester and next spring! 

  Contact Merinda Kaye Hensley if you would like to talk about publishing your research in an undergraduate research journal - there are many more journals that we could explore! mhensle1@illinois.edu 

   

• RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: NCSA SPIN Program Fall 2022

  Aug 23, 2022 4:00 pm

  The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) has a history of nurturing innovative concepts, and some of the best ideas have come from highly motivated, creative undergraduate students. The Students Pushing INnovation (SPIN) internship program was launched to provide University of Illinois undergraduates with the opportunity to participate in hands-on research and contribute to interdisciplinary projects covering focused research areas in Culture and Society, Earth and Environment, Bioinformatics and Health Sciences, Material and Manufacturing, Data and Computational Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, and Digital Agriculture. 

  The deadline for applications is September 4, 2022.